The County of Cavendish is a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. Like all counties

Cadastral divisions of Queensland

Lands administrative divisions of Queensland refers to the divisions of Queensland used for the registration of land titles. There are 322 counties, and 5,319 parishes within the state.. They are part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia...

 in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county includes the northern part of the Toowoomba Region and the western part of the Somerset Region. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.

Parishes

Cavendish is divided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Anduramba	Somerset	27°12′S 152°10′E
Avoca	Somerset	26°37′S 152°12′E
Biarra	Somerset	27°06′S 152°19′E
Buaraba	Somerset	27°22′S 152°18′E
Clarendon	Lockyer Valley	27°29′S 152°22′E
Colinton	Somerset	26°52′S 152°15′E
Cooyar Cooyar, Queensland Cooyar is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is on the New England Highway and in the Toowoomba Local Government area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Cooyar and the surrounding area had a population of 289.- External links :*...	Toowoomba	26°55′S 151°55′E
Cressbrook	Somerset	27°02′S 152°26′E
Crows Nest Crows Nest, Queensland Crows Nest is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the New England Highway from the state capital, Brisbane and from the nearby city of Toowoomba within the Toowoomba Region local government area...	Toowoomba	27°15′S 152°03′E
Deongwar	Somerset	27°15′S 152°11′E
Djuan	Toowoomba	27°08′S 151°56′E
Emu Creek	Toowoomba	27°00′S 152°02′E
England	Somerset	27°25′S 152°27′E
Esk Esk, Queensland Esk is a town in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, approximately 90 km northwest of Ipswich on the Brisbane Valley Highway. It was named after the River Esk in Scotland and England. It is the administrative centre of the Somerset Region...	Somerset	27°14′S 152°25′E
Eskdale	Toowoomba	27°06′S 152°10′E
Helidon Helidon, Queensland Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of Toowoomba...	Lockyer Valley	27°30′S 152°07′E
Lockyer	Lockyer Valley	27°30′S 152°14′E
Murphy	Lockyer Valley	27°27′S 152°06′E
Nukinenda	Somerset	27°01′S 152°11′E
Ravensbourne	Toowoomba	27°21′S 152°08′E
Taromeo	South Burnett	26°49′S 152°07′E
Wivenhoe	Somerset	27°21′S 152°32′E